PuppetConf 2013

Puppet can be used effectively and at scale without running as root. In many organizations, particularly large ones, different teams are responsible for different pieces of the infrastructure. In my case, I am on a team responsible for installation, configuration, upkeep, and monitoring of an application, but we are denied root access. Despite this, we have a rich puppet infrastructure thats saves us time and reduces configuration drift. I will present our model for success in this kind of limited environment, including recipes for using puppet as non root and some encouraging words and ideas for those who want to implement puppet, but the rest of their organization isn't ready yet.